Useless Tears

There are screams in the laughter of the children
Blood in the expensive glass of wine
There's a man on the stairs with a photo in his pocket in the building next to mine
Well who is to know what he's thinking
If there's anger in his belly or steak
If there's blood in his eyes have him cry into a bottle of your red cabernet
These useless tears they echo through the ears
Keep on flowing year to year like an oil well
Red despair is blowing through the air
Now it's going everywhere
Like the flames of hell
Poison on the scalpel of a surgeon
Damnation from the sermon up the hill
cbandoned boy with a promise that was broken and a bottle left to fill
cnd who's going to right his wrong now
They're standing back behind their iron gate
His anger is turned on another broken promise by the trembling hands of fate
These useless tears they echo through the ears
Keep on flowing year to year
Like an oil well
Red despair is blowing through the air
Now it's going everywhere
Like the flames of hell
Theres's a crowd on the steps of the cathedral
c beggar at the scene of the crime
c man on the case with some quarters in his pocket in the building next to mine
cnd as pauper holds his hand out
The noble keeps his arms fixed to his sides
With nothing at his mercy here's something that the noble unequivically decides
These useless tears they echo through the ears
Keep on flowing year to year
Like an oil well
Red despair is blowing through the air
Now it's burning everywhere
Like the flames of hell
Oh the fear will never disappear
For the devil's living here
We're the ne'er-do-wells
Red despair
Is blowing through the air
Now it's going everywhere
Like the flames of hell